Legacy: A Short Story

by Jendella Benson

Under the watchful gaze of his portrait, Adebayo Akintola's four children attempt to make sense of life after his death.

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First published April 23, 2014

About the author

Jendella Benson is a British-Nigerian writer and editor from Birmingham, now based in London. She is Head of Editorial at Black Ballad – the award-winning digital media platform and online community for black women in the UK and beyond. In her role, she has commissioned and edited hundreds of black women and non-binary journalists and writers from across the globe and worked with brands such as Dove, Comic Relief and Google.

Jendella started her writing career as a columnist for Media Diversified, MTV UK, and Christian Today and has since written for The Guardian, The Sunday Times STYLE Magazine, The Telegraph and The Independent. She is the author of two novels – HOPE AND GLORY and ALL THAT WE’VE GOT – and her short story, Kindling, was published in THE BOOK OF BIRMINGHAM. She was a judge for the 2023 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing and is a member of the advisory board for the award-winning, Brixton-based bookshop, Round Table Books.

Jendella has a background in photography and filmmaking and her visual work has featured in the Guardian, on BuzzFeed and been exhibited internationally, most notably at the House of Commons, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, and at the International Center of Photography in New York as part of ICP Projected in May 2018. In 2016, she gave a TEDx on reclaiming the stories that define us, and has also appeared on BBC Radio 4’sWomen’s Hour, as well as speaking at various universities and conferences.